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A59 crash in Sefton on 23 December 1992 at 13:15 involving a Rover 800 Series

A Rover 800 Series and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A59 in Sefton at 13:15 on Wednesday 23 December 1992. The 51-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series and the 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1992
Wednesday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Rover 800 Series and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47905, longitude -2.95391, in the L9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aintree.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205B202785
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 800 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199205B202785 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sefton road accident statistics for 1992.